27. LOCKHEED MARTIN TO PAY $2.5 MILLION TO SETTLE RACIAL HARASSMENT HONOLULU __ The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a major settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Lockheed Martin, the world's largest military contractor, for $2,500,000 and other relief on behalf of an African American electrician who was subjected to a racially hostile work environment at several job sites nationwide - including threats of lynching and the "N-word." EEOC SUES KMART FOR AGE HARASSMENT , RETALIATION EEOC charged in its suit that the pharmacy manager of a Kmart in Honolulu subjected the ,woman to age-based Insults, such as telling her she was "too old to work," that she "should retire, should retire from pharmacy work now," and other discriminatory conduct. Although Kmart received notice of the harassment, the company failed to take appropriate action to investigate and correct the hostile workplace, as the law requires. Instead, the EEOC said, Kmart subjected the woman to a hostile work environment by berating her for lack of competence, discriminatory comments In performance evaluations, telling her again to retire, and wrongfully accusing her of regulatory Violations. Finally, the pharmacist was forced to resign to escape the discriminatory conduct.